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Re:Supercomputer Porn - Letting your competitors do your mar... by rgrieselhuber on Monday October 12, 2009 @08:20PM (#877973)
In my experience, this dynamic is more often than not created by the "business types" who tend to think that if you can do engineering, you can't do sales & marketing.

But I agree, the engineers who can do it are often many times more effective than those without an engineering background. It all depends on the person.

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Re:Supercomputer Porn - Letting your competitors do your mar... by gaius on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @02:32AM (#878515)
tend to think that if you can do engineering, you can't do sales & marketing.

No, they know you can and are protecting their turf. That's a warning sign that they aren't very good at what they do. Just as an engineer who blindly disparages marketing is foolish - without those guys being on the ball your chances of getting paid goes way down.

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